Thursday, January 7, 2010

Quartz Crystal Basics: From Raw Materials to Oscillators

The following is a history of Quartz Crystal processing by Ken Hennessy, Acting President of NDK America.  It was published in the December 2007 issue of High Frequency Electronics.

Here is an overview of the history, manufacture and
current technology of quartz crystals, one of the
most common components in high frequency, high
speed electronics

Author Information:  Ken Hennessy is Manager, Application Engineering at NDK America, Inc. in Belvidere, Illinois. (The world’s
most advanced crystal growing autoclaves are located at
this facility.
) [2007]


Click on the following:  http://highfrequencyelectronics.com/Archives/Dec07/HFE1207_Tutorial.pdf

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